Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with karthi gna nasegaram and jane dougall. The headlines this evening. Var strikes again. Manchester city are denied a last minute goal and the champions have to be content with spliting the points against tottenham. After being hit twice steve smith goes on to top score for australia and it was england who were in pain struggling with the bat at lords. Officially number one wales victory over england put them at the top of the rankings and bodes well for the world cup. Also coming up on the programme. We round up the home nations action on day two of the mens eurohockey championships in antwerp. And, dont blink you might miss it the incredible sport of speed climbing. It might be early days in the season but getting any points off premier League Champions Manchester City is vital for teams aiming for the title. That is what spurs did today with a 2 all draw at the etihad but under rather controversial circumstanc
Evening. Australia course will be confident and have a huge wave of support. England are in good form, they would have got confidence from a battling victory against colombia in their quarterfinal. There has been memories provoked at the Rugby Union World cup final 20 years ago, Classic Ashes Series as well, i think this field might appear in terms of how special it will be. Both teams had closed Training Sessions today and it will perhaps be a slight concern to england fans the only time Sarina Wiegman has experienced a defeat in charge of england was against australia earlier this year in a friendly, the toughest test hitting faces, but england will be favourites i think. Australia head into their Semifinal Safter defeating england 2 0 away in a friendly back in april, ending the lionesses 30 match unbeaten run. That was a friendly game and yes we do take something out of it. But, at the same time, we are into Knockout Games in the world cup so its a completely different game and i t
Like to thank my team for their loyalty and continued damages doing that dedication for supporting me and my constituents. That is the statement they are from margaret ferrier, x mp. Lets get the sport now. Hello. Were starting with football and the latest news from the womens world cup. And european champions england are through to the knock out stages they finished top of group d after a thumping 6 1 win over china. Laurenjames scored twice in the victory in adelaide this her second goal to make it 4 1 her third of the tournament so far and shes also had several assists. England as a whole havent faced a Top Ranked Team yet at this world cup, but head coach Serena Wiegman is understandly pleased with her squad. Im very delighted. What i said before the game, where going to do things a little different than we did before. And we did really well. It shows how adaptive this team is. It shows how adaptive this team is. I think they are enjoying themselves on the pitch. What we expected f